- Title
- Depression following acute coronary syndromes : A comparison between the Cardiac Depression Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory II
- Creator
- Di Benedetto, Mirella; Lindner, Helen; Hare, David; Kent, Stephen
- Date
- 2006
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/44146
- Identifier
- vital:3151
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.003
- Identifier
- ISSN:0022-3999
- Abstract
- Objective: This study compared the Cardiac Depression Scale (CDS) and the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II). Method: Depression was assessed in 81 participants, 2 weeks post-ACS, using the BDI-II and the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Results: The CDS had a strong concurrent validity with the BDI-II (r=.69). Cross-validation of the BDI-II and the CDS with the structured interview demonstrated the ability of both measures to detect severe symptoms. More patients were classified as depressed using the CDS. The CDS also had a significantly higher correlation with a trait anxiety measure than the BDI-II did. Conclusion: The CDS is a more suitable scale for assessing the less severe depressive symptoms typically seen in a cardiac population.
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Relation
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research Vol. 60, no. 1 (2006), p. 13-20
- Rights
- Copyright Elsevier
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1103 Clinical Sciences; Cardiac Depression Scale; Myocardial infarction; Psychometric; Validity; Reliability
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